Italy in WC Final           and a bunch of Colantonios at the top of the pool



Portugal had Brazil as a colony

Germany had Argentina...



when does Ethiopia get to the World Cup?



& why is Budweiser the Beer of the World Cup?  does Germany know anything about beer???

 

Yahoo has a widget that can keep you up to date on the World Cup:

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/hub/w_tp.html

CBC has a World Cup tracker that can be loaded from this page:

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/worldcup2006/#

The offside rule is one of the most difficult to understand because of the human error element by the referee or his henchmen.

Why not eliminate the offside  once the ball has passed the 18 yard line?

To simplify, between centre and the 18, offside is in effect. Once the ball passes by the 18, there is no offside.

For example: 

1.  On your side of the field, you kick the ball to your centre who is behind the defense past the centre line in the opposition territory--offside.

 2. You are in the opposition territory 30 yards out and you kick the ball to your centre who is behind the defense past the 18--offside.

3.  You scoot down the wing past the 18 and cross to your centre on the goalline--no offside.

Hi All,

    Just got back to the UK after touring Spain and have had problem accessing

my mail.  The messages I recieved inicate that plans are progressing and I

should be able to give you complete details and costs by the end of this month.

The main hold-up at present is Harmony Air who run direct flights from Victoria.

They are trying to decide if the flights will leave on Tuesday or Wednesday and

what the price will be.



Cheers,  Peter